Food Alert: Smoked Salmon Product Contaminated with Listeria

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King, and Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, are warning Ontarians not to consume the following brand of smoked salmon because it may be contaminated with Listeria. 

Brand: Strubs

Product: Smoked Salmon – ready to eat

Lot Identifier:  09192011

Distributed in 250 gram vacuum packs

Although the originating processing plant for the product is in Toronto, the extent of the distribution of the product across Ontario is unknown.

If you have the product, it is recommended that it be discarded or returned to the retailer or the food supplier. If it is to be returned to the supplier, the product should be clearly marked and kept separate from other food products until it is returned. The smoked salmon may have been purchased from supermarkets, grocery stores or delicatessens.  

For more information on Listeria, link to our website fact sheet at http://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca/Communicable/Fact-Sheets/Listeriosis.htm